Thanks to all who showed me to the get() function. That works like a
charm.
 
Ken 

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From: David Barron [mailto:mothsailor@googlemail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2006 1:24 PM
To: Pierce, Ken; r-help
Subject: Re: [R] variables in object names


The trick is to use the function get():

> vns <- paste("model",1:4,sep="")
> x <- rnorm(10)
> model1 <- lm(rnorm(10) ~ x)
> model2 <- lm(rnorm(10) ~ x)
> model3 <- lm(rnorm(10) ~ x) 
> model4 <- lm(rnorm(10) ~ x)

> r.sq <- summary(model1)$r.square
> for (i in 2:4) r.sq <- c(r.sq,summary(get(vns[i]))$r.square)



On 12/09/06, Pierce, Ken <ken.pierce@oregonstate.edu> wrote: 

	Is there any way to put an argument into an object name. For
example,
	say I have 5 objects,  model1, model2, model3, model4 and
model5.
	
	I would like to make a vector of the r.squares from each model
by code
	such as this: 
	
	
	rsq <- summary(model1)$r.squared
	for(i in 2:5){
	rsq <- c(rsq, summary(model%i%)$r.squared)
	}
	
	
	So I assign the first value to rsq then cycle through models 2
through 5
	gathering there values. The %i% in my third line indicates which
object 
	to draw from. The question is is there any way to pass a
variable such
	as i as part of a name?
	
	Ken
	
	
	
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